Friday, September 4, 2015

Week 3 - Such a Great Week!

September 2, 2015

Hola Familia!

This last week has been such an emotional rollercoaster ride,,,probably like every week :) I am so amazed how God puts people directly in our lives to help us with what we are struggling with, and also how we can help others.

Lima, Peru Temple

I have had so many tender mercies in my life lately!! Maybe I'm just starting to notice them more.

I'm becoming grateful for the little things, like running every day, seeing the sun, getting rolls for dinner, singing songs as room hermanas, being able to understand spanish, being able to help the new missionaries, remembering a word in spanish when i need it to teach a lesson and learning how to have sufficient faith in Jesus Christ.

Poco a poco...has been the motto of my life this week especially with español and teaching our "investigators". Not going to lie, this has been the hardest week so far. I am out here for real now and I´m not going home. At the beginning it felt like a EFY kind of experience with a missionary and español emphasis...but not anymore! I am understanding more that I am a representative of Jesus Christ. This is His church and if the stability of everything around the world isnt proof enough i dont know what is.

I love that we get to go to the temple every week, it is like a home away from home. We went to this place called Metros...kind of like a Walmart only peru style...so on 3 levels and so crazy it gets your blood pumping a little bit!

We get to go Procelyting this Saturday so i am super excited for that! hopefully ill be able to get something out of my mouth :)

As for the spanish...a mas or menos. I can actually understand pretty well now and we can teach a lesson without writing out our entire lesson word for word. The spirit is so much stronger when you can listen to their needs and then go from there.

CCM (MTC) Lima, Peru

I think I talked about the crazy elders in my district before, and yes they are still crazy! But they have helped me so much to not get stressed about everything. They have the best granparend impersonations ever and they crack me up! They know how to make it the Plan of Happiness thats for sure. And then the rest of us Hermanas just try to keep them under control :)

This is His gospel and I wouldnt be able to do this without Him. Im learning that poco a poco every day!

Well stay incredible and keep on helping Gods children, that is what we are here to do!

and something cool i learned this week

False

Evidence

Appearing

Real

Have a beautiful week and keep smiling!

Love, Hermana Briggs

And I am so glad you had such a great time at Lake Powell besides all the injuries! Incredible missionary story!!!! Tell Gable I hope he flies too ;) Keep me updated on everyone! I love hearing about you because here it feels like the world is paused even though I know it isnt. I miss you all a lot, but it is okay because the work of our Savior is what needs to be done. I am trying to just love the people and love teaching, but it is hard. I pray for you morning and night and think about you and pray again for you in between.

All letters & packages go directly to the Mission Home and are then flown once a month to the missionaries, so it may take one month+ to get there.

DearElder.com:This is a free service that uses the Church's pouch system to send letters to missionaries. You can set up a free account and then send an electronic letter through DearElder which they will print and submit to the pouch. There is limited time on computers to read and write emails. All are appreciated! Letters are even more so:)

Pouch Mail:

Pouch mail is a system where mail is sent to church headquarters and then sent to Peru in bulk. This allows letters to be sent using a U.S. stamp instead of an international stamp. There are regulations, which are posted below.

For Pouch Mail, it must contain one sheet on 8 1/2 by 11 paper, folded in thirds, and taped at the top.

Instructions for making a three-fold letter:

• Lay the blank side of the single-sheet letter facing down with the writing facing you.

• Fold the top of the letter about one-third of the way down, and crease.

• Fold the bottom of the letter to the top of the first fold, and crease.

• Use two pieces of tape or two sticker tabs on the top to secure it, not more than one inch from each side, but do not seal the ends.

• Do not include any other item in the letter such as printed pictures, currency or medication, etc.